Forest and Trees A number of people have asked me what I’ve learned this semester. Not a knock on the program, but my first instinct is to respond with something like, “I’ll see in a few months.” I’m still in the trees, even though the clearing is just ahead with its helicopter waiting. In aContinue reading “Tuesday notebook: What I’ve learned so far”
Author Archives: Matthew Neugebauer
Monday notebook: How Life Works
Featured image: Hey this is a serious post, so I have to balance it with some levity! Source: imgur/michaelscotchtape How Life Works All the way into young adulthood, I was told a lot about how life doesn’t work: You can’t always get what you want: that’s not how life works.You can’t presume everything you believeContinue reading “Monday notebook: How Life Works”
Monday (Sunday) notebook: Fan Expo, unlimited
Fan Expo Canada this year was always going to be smaller than previous years. The organizers knew it was limited by the circumstances, and leaned into that. But here’s what can’t be limited: getting to know people. If you know me but aren’t so sure what this fan convention thing is about, maybe concerned that IContinue reading “Monday (Sunday) notebook: Fan Expo, unlimited”
Tuesday (Thursday) notebook: “Calm” before the Con
Tuesday (Thursday) notebook: Calm Before the Con 2021. It’s actually happening. I can’t believe I’ll finally get to go to a Con, for the first time in over two years! (Yes there was the Fan Expo Christmas market in December 2019, but that doesn’t reallllly count…) Fan Expo Limited Edition 2021 won’t be the sameContinue reading “Tuesday (Thursday) notebook: “Calm” before the Con”
Monday notebook: Pull list endings and beginnings
This week saw two endings and a beginning, all three of them involving my favourite franchises that start with “Star.” IDW’s Star Trek: Year Five completed its audacious endeavour to not only write a coherent comic story, but purport to conclude the entire Original Series television show. It imagines that the final months of Kirk’s,Continue reading “Monday notebook: Pull list endings and beginnings”
Tuesday notebook: Star Wars Canon and History
The first scene of The Bad Batch, the Lego Specials and Visions have got me thinking about why I enjoy canon continuity so much. Not so much the actual stories but the conversations they often bring up. I’ve spoken my piece about it before, especially the way I experience comics and novels having the sameContinue reading “Tuesday notebook: Star Wars Canon and History”
Monday notebook: Coach Nate
*spoilers for the Ted Lasso season 2 finale* Here I go again, cheering for the bad guy. Ok fine I didn’t actually cheer for Nate to succeed, but there’s something satisfying about a well-written and well-performed villain origin story. I feel a hint of pride for the guy, who had a conviction, acted on itContinue reading “Monday notebook: Coach Nate”
Tuesday notebook: Vernestra Rwoh, relatable prodigy
I hope to have separate outlets for fandom and soccer writing, but for now I’ll keep them here. *spoilers for Justina Ireland’s Out of the Shadows* Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh could have been annoyingly unrealistic. I think we’re meant to think it’s a little ridiculous for a 16/17-year-old to be elevated to knighthood, much lessContinue reading “Tuesday notebook: Vernestra Rwoh, relatable prodigy”
Monday notebook: False and True prophets
Yesterday’s Gospel reading, combined with a fine sermon from the associate priest, got me thinking about the prophetic office and vocation. (We did the Feast of the Dedication so the readings are different.) Well, to be fair, a lot of things prompt me to think about the prophetic vocation these days. Jesus sure does rootContinue reading “Monday notebook: False and True prophets”
My prophetic message to the western mainline
Especially to clergy: Work less. Delegate more.Love your family. Keep the Sabbath holy.When it comes to the concrete tasks of mission,have less answers and more conversations.You are not a CEO shackled to a bottom line.You are a leader of a missional community,of people called to make God’s love presentthrough their selves, souls and bodies,through theirContinue reading “My prophetic message to the western mainline”
Luminous Beings 